The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-26
Interesting Notes From SOUTHEAST
Mississippi.

AUGUSTA, Jan. 20, 1887.
EDITOR CLARION: The nearest point on
the Gulf and Ship Island Road to Augusta
will be Enon, which is just twelve miles
from here. can't say yet whether this
country is on a boom or not. great
many argue that it is, and some believe
very strongly the opposite. | believe, can
didly, that the railroads will ruin the couu-
try as a stock country, but OF course 1t will
be built up in another way. The lumber
will be brought more extensively into mar
ket, and those of our fellow-citizens who
have been far-seeing and fortunate enough
to invest extensively in well timbered
lands will be sure to reap a good harvest.
The larger part OF the lands in this and
adjoining counties are owned by large syn
dicates, who are not domiciled here with
US. / have talked with a number of the
representatives of those syndicates, and
they all say that they intend moving their
mills down, in the near future. / saw a
letter, only few days since, from very
extensive lumber manufacturing company,
now doing business in Chicago, who are
contemplating a move down South, and
who own no lands here, and are now pros
pecting in this part of the State for a suit
able location for their large mills. Here
land owners to sell out their lands on
somewhat extensive scale. They wanted
a location where they could cut one hun
bred thousand feet per day for ten years
They viii be prepared to haul their logs
for eight and ten miles if they can get
their timber in body OF that size.
look for complete revolution in this
country in a few years, especially, if the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad and the
Mobile and Northwestern are built. There
has been considerable immigration into
this country in the last three years, but
the new population has been principally
in the small towns, aud not much of sub
stantial nature in the country.
We, in this portion of the State, have
every confidence that the Gulf and Ship
Island road will be built, and it will GER
tainIy be great advantage to this part of
our State, and the trade and capital that
now goes out Of our State, to considera-
bic extent, will be kept in it and 90 to
building up a "Coast City" for our own
State. II will not only be the cause of the
building up of the counties through which
it runs and increase the value of real
estate, bat will bring untold wealth and
capital from other of our sister States.
We have a fourishing school here, and
q very me SCHOOL al I1dtllesDurg In this
county, and altogether, we are looking |
up
There is one thing that / notice in our
country that is great drawback to all |
and that is the extravagance of |
the people. This, most unfortunately, is |
an accompaniment of all railroads, and lie |
q great cause of financial embarrassment |
and ruin.
We have had some very severe weather
here; several hard freezes two good |
.nows. / have fears that majority of our
bats are killed, which will entail very
heavy loss upon our farmers, and they are
Fery little able to bear it after 80 many
nisfortunes.
The log men are in very Strengthened cir
as they have all their money
invested in the timbers, and have not been
lble to aoat any to the mills. They
would be in still worse straits If they
vere not able to get some advances on
heir timbers-
The stock men here are very much dis
outraged on account of the continued low |,
'rlce of cattle. Very little cattle xere
old out last summer, and the price keeps
bout the same for the last eight
months.
The poor farmer has great many CON-
'laints to make, but has some things left /,
0 console him. All who had any hoes Il